Fforde's fourth entry in his Thursday Next series of humorous, literary and extremely unconventional fantasy-detective novels finds his heroine in search of a way to get her husband back after his eradication. In the meantime, she has her hands full babysitting both her two year old son and Hamlet (the Prince of Denmark), the president of England has disappeared, and did we mention that the fate of the world hinges on a very, very important croquet match?
Critic Reviews
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Outstanding
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Los Angeles Times Carmela Ciuraru
Infused with humor and extraordinary inventiveness. [11 Aug 2004, p.E9]
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Outstanding
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The Independent Christina Hardyment
Something Rotten is, arguably, Fforde's best book yet.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
Mr. Fforde's penchant for plotting knows no bounds, nor does his taste for awful puns... and his occasional silly streak.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review Marilyn Stasio
No book, author or character is off limits to Fforde's own dazzling design.
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly
Fforde's latest will have hardcore fans roaring--but those new to the series might want to tackle the convoluted mayhem from the very beginning. [16 Aug 2004, p.44]
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Favorable
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Booklist Keir Graff
Fforde's inventiveness is seemingly inexhaustible. [Jul 2004, p.1797]
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Mixed
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Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling
The essential one-jokeness of the premise is starting to show. But he compensates with enough furious daft invention to sate his cult fan base.
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Mixed
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Washington Post Elizabeth Hand
The humor in Something Rotten is often scattershot, and the pacing is glacial.
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Unfavorable
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Darryl Whetter
If a resurrected monk swapping titty jokes in Old English printed in the Old English font with a narrator who tells you that the font is Old English strikes you as funny, read Something Rotten.
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